TRAINING AT AWAPUNI.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 695, 21 December 1909, Page 8

TRAINING AT AWAPUNI.

' '.■,,',.;■ ■ ■ Palmerston' North,. Deodmber 20." Owing to its gcogrnphipal position aml ; tho excellent: train services; it , is not , nciicssaty-' for tho majority'.-.of/-'horses. 'engaged at the Manawatu meeting to ileavo 'homo till: a , 'day orVtwo before the mcetiug. Consequently, tho only now arrivals at Awapuui eb far" are tho Southern' horses,. including Sir Geo.' Clifford's team, and Pormeden, Tawhaki and Pnisano. Tomorrow, however, thoroiiylll be'a big influx of visiting- horses, .the majority',■•■of whom, have obtained', a'cobmmbdaton at;'Awapunii' wlli'lst tho rest are'iu town.''•..Very." little, viovi ;: was done;''on. the! tracks- this fiiorhing.' Tawhaki, who .claims both. :Ciip and Hack engagements, did easy paoo work, : which ivas slightly 'impruved Mfoii ;by E. Cults,' who worked'tho Linembersq£ hie! team a bit faster. 1 ; The best

gallop o£tho morning was put up by Flingo! and- Paisano, who' covered a- mile on the plough—which was. not as. fast as usual—iu lniih, 47sec, each ; moving fr«ely. The Multiform colt Polymorphous was worked with » stnb!o ; companion on -tho-'outsido of the court* proper, and got,through a light 'task in taking stylo.- Bourraeque.Trottis, ' Marathon, and l'ilgrim'e-Match did: half-paco work, as did ; several?others.: • ■:•., — ■: ■-•'.. " :